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Rook22Ti t1_j6d765x wrote

Reply to comment by Ok-Aioli-2717 in Anyone know what’s going on downtown? Sounded like a whole bunch of gunshots right outside my apartment by apersello34

Not sure why you're being downvoted. Less cars in a city center is always a good thing. We can debate how much that would help with shootings but I'm happy to throw drive bys on the "reasons to have less cars" list.

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kashmir772 t1_j6dc7hm wrote

I would love to be able to live downtown and not need a car. But this is America and it just isn’t built to be car free. Sure you can do it some places but it is more difficult and annoying. And there are something’s that you can’t do.

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chuckie512 t1_j6hwnrz wrote

25% of Pittsburgh households are car free. You could do it too.

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kashmir772 t1_j6i22lr wrote

Not if I ever wanted to visit my family that lives in rural Pa.

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chuckie512 t1_j6i2y79 wrote

Yeah unfortunately if they're not near the Amtrak line, you're stuck driving.

However, it's probably cheaper to just rent a car when going out to visit.

AAA estimates car ownership costs at $900/mo (including maintenance/gas/depreciation/etc). Not sure how often you visit, but It's probably worth investigating.

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